Articles and researches

When researchers were exploring an abandoned quarry in Cairo in the Catskills region of New York, they came across an elaborate fossilized root system on the […]

New Zealand’s White Island volcano erupted Dec. 9, sending a plume of ash about 12,000 feet (3,657 meters) into the sky. There were 47 people on […]

On the same day I received an assignment to write about African black soap, I serendipitously received a sample in the mail in a cache of […]

Behold the heavyweight champion of the universe, a galaxy of such epic proportions that astronomers are dubbing it “Godzilla.” Only this galaxy doesn’t seem particularly ferocious. […]

Any day is the perfect day to celebrate cookies, but when the holidays roll around, we really itch to get baking. Whether you’re planning to hand […]

Toronto’s Paradise Theater was a “nabe,” a neighborhood movie theater built in 1937. There used to be one every few blocks, but the Paradise was a […]

In the California city of West Paso Robles, architecture firm Clayton & Little has given old oil field drill stem pipes unexpected new life — as […]

About every four years, February gains an extra day. We do this so our calendars don’t get out of whack, but Feb. 29 has also prompted […]